Role of Flagella in Virulence of the Coral Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus

A recently available transposition system was utilized to isolate a nonmotile mutant of the coral-bleaching pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus. The mutation was localized to the fhlA gene, and the mutant lacked flagella. The flhA mutant was unable to exhibit chemotaxis toward coral mucus or to adhere t...

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Main Authors: Meron, Dalit, Efrony, Rotem, Johnson, Wesley R., Schaefer, Amy L., Morris, Pamela J., Rosenberg, Eugene, Greenberg, E. Peter, Banin, Ehud
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Microbial Ecology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737915/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19592536
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00198-09
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